Rural Intelligence (Page 349)

Real Estate

Great Spectacle

Inspired by Nantucket summer homes, this shingle-style residence offers a dining room that looks out to North Spectacle Lake in Kent. Designed by a renowned architect, the interior has high ceilings, a kitchen that opens to the great room, a mahogany-paneled library, formal main entrance and a mudroom

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Arts

At Hudson Hall, The Mother Of All Operas

R.B. Schlather. Photos by Tobin Del Cuore. By Sharon Smullen“The Mother of Us All” is not your grandma’s opera — unless she's a fan of Gertrude Stein’s words and wit, Virgil Thomson’s modernist music, and Susan B. Anthony’s civil rights and suffrage struggles.

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Food

Recipe: The Ultimate Double Chocolate Chip Cookie

Contributor Lisa Fielding is a private chef and boutique caterer based in Manhattan who weekends in Litchfield County whenever possible. Many of her Manhattan clients are also Litchfield County weekenders, so work brings her to Northwest Connecticut as well. A Los Angeles transplant, Fielding was a former Hollywood film executive

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Parties

Celebration, Renewed Commitment At Berkshires NAACP Dinner

Amy Krzanik reports from Pittsfield. Some people would have you believe that we are living through the worst time in America’s history. The present, however, is best viewed through the lens of the past. Anti-racism activist and writer Tim Wise discussed this topic and others during his keynote

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Community

The Rural We: Nancy Opgaard

Nancy Opgaard may not be the only yoga teacher in the northwest corner of Connecticut, but according to one of her students in Cornwall who contacted us, she is the beloved instructor in their town. Along with teaching yoga, Opgaard is a massage therapist and offers meditation classes. It wasn’

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Food

W. Cornwall Joins The Taste Trail With Pearly's Farmhouse Cafe

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Community

'Il Villaggio Di Millbrook' Explores The Town's Italian Heritage

By Lisa Green There’s often something charming and a little quirky about apocryphal stories that makes us want to believe them. The village of Millbrook, New York has such a story. It’s said that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, someone from Millbrook went to “the

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Real Estate

One-Level Ease

This chic contemporary offers one-level living featuring an open concept floor plan. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom ranch has an open eat-in kitchen, dining area, and living room. Recently renovated, the kitchen and bathrooms, windows, and heating/cooling system are brand new. Private yet minutes to Rhinebeck, there

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Real Estate

Clean And Classic

This newly built home in Spencertown offers stunning views from nearly every room. Reclaimed pine floors run throughout the kitchen, dining area, living room, bedrooms, and office/playroom. The master bedroom is huge, with Catskill views that are also visible in the bathroom — a soaking tub is situated by a

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Real Estate

Everything's Included

Set back from a driveway that crosses a scenic brook, this well-maintained Washington home offers 6,276 square feet. Large living spaces include a cathedral-ceilinged kitchen, family room, open plan living room/dining room, formal living room, office/den, and large studio apartment above the five-car garage.

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Real Estate

East Elm Farm

East Elm Farm in Lenox is a circa 1800 Colonial that has been meticulously renovated while retaining classic architectural detail. There is a formal foyer, living room, dining room, eat-in country kitchen with sitting area, office, screened porch, family room, four bedrooms, and four bathrooms. A two-bedroom guest

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Real Estate

Great Lake

This Lakeville Contemporary Colonial is tucked away in a quiet spot yet is convenient to the lake and town. There is a dramatic living room with high ceiling, quality kitchen with granite counters, a first-floor master with new master bathroom, and two guest bedrooms that share a bathroom. There&

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